Gaspar Voskanyan

Gaspar Voskanyan (January 22, 1887 – September 20, 1937) was an ethnic Armenian Soviet komkor (corps commander). He was born in what is now Grigoriopol District in Transnistria, Moldova. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on May 28, 1937 and later executed.

Gaspar Voskanyan
BornJanuary 22, 1887
Grigoriopol, Ținutul Tiraspol, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 20, 1937
Moscow, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1908–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1937 (Soviet Union)
RankKomkor
Commands held25th Rifle Division
49th Rifle Division
4th Army
12th Army
Battles/warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War

Awards

Russian Empire:

Soviet Union: Order of the Red Banner

References
    Preceded by
    		 Commander of the Red Army 25th Rifle Division
    November 29, 1918 – February 5, 1919    		 Succeeded by
    Preceded by
    		 Commander of the Soviet 6th Rifle Corps
    1923–1924    		 Succeeded by
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